Hi everyone,
tl;dr: To fit in compatiblity fixes for iOS 8, we're dropping some of our
planned iOS work from this sprint.
iOS 8 comes out on Tuesday 9th September, right in the middle of our
current sprint. Unlike on Android, it's a well acknowledged pattern that
iOS users are prolific OS upgraders, so we can expect a significant portion
of our user base to migrate to iOS 8 within days of the release.
We've discovered a number of compatibility issues between the app and iOS
8. Vibha, Monte and I met to discuss these, and we agreed that having fixes
for these in the iOS app is a top priority. This makes these issues a "drop
everything we're doing to fix them" situation. Kristen and I have yet to
figure out what planned work we need to drop from the current sprint to
make up for the extra work, and we're going to figure that out once we've
got all the issues documented in cards.
Vibha and I are going to do some more comprehensive testing of previously
identified pain points for cross-version compatibility (e.g. search), and
any additional issues we identify will also be prioritised relative to our
current work.
To see what we're working on iOS 8 compatibility wise, go to the sprint 39
Trello board
<https://trello.com/b/ylAF2Yey/mobile-app-sprint-39-navigation-9-1>, and
apply the red "iOS 8 compatibility" filter which we've added specially to
track these issues.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks,
Dan
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Dan Garry
Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps
Wikimedia Foundation